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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11169
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 13828
13 Actual Demand 10806
14 Aggregate Planning 11746
15 Air Cargo 9665
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6326
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34379
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15113
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 18733
20 Assembly Line 21129
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 22505
22 Average Speed of Answer 26278
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 22387
24 Batch Production 37303
25 Bill Discounting 13939
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 10658
27 Blanket Purchase Order 6824
28 Blanket Release 9661
29 Bonded Warehouse 9737
30 Booking Number 13220
31 Bottleneck 9067
32 Buffer Stock 57893
33 Build to Stock 12594
34 Bullwhip Effect 9151
35 Business Logistics 24843
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12230
37 Capacity Management 39000
38 Capacity Utilization 13620
39 Capital Intensive 7966
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8199
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 11699
42 Certified Supplier 8740
43 Channel Effectiveness 8689
44 Co-Destiny 8955
45 Co-managed Inventory 12078
46 Co-Packers 11470
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6499
48 Computer-Based Training 7423
49 Consular Invoice 19141
50 Container Depot 10247
51 Container Freight Station 10057
52 Continuous Replenishment 19068
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 11719
54 Contract Carrier 7149
55 Contract of Affreightment 11109
56 Control Charts 7669
57 Cost Flow 9978
58 Courier Service 14668
59 CPFR 7906
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11422
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 42924
62 Date Code 17582
63 Days of Supply 19322
64 Dead on Arrival 8808
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7018
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 7755
67 Detective Control 8626
68 Devanning 13902
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 10479
70 Dispatching 23360
71 Distributed Inventory 8099
72 Distribution Channel Management 33754
73 Distribution Metrics 8563
74 Distribution Planning 23769
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 14711
76 Double Marginalization 51954
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 21891
78 Dual 5182
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20226
80 Echelon Inventory 25756
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 37822
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 48488
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7334
84 Efficient Frontier 24777
85 Engineer-to-Order 31074
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 15742
87 Erlang B Formula 8984
88 ETD 8010
89 Ex Works 7613
90 Exception Rate 13002
91 Exponential smoothing 9518
92 External Growth 9736
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9131
94 Field Services 7524
95 Field Warehouse 9584
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8301
97 Fishbone Diagram 14201
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 26350
99 Flow Through Distribution 11947
100 FOB (Free On Board) 7832
101 FOB Destination 12549
102 Forward buying 29561
103 Freight Charge 10021
104 Freight Consolidation 7227
105 Gantt Chart 8048
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11299
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 28945
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12359
109 Hub 22912
110 Idle Time 7781
 
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